Term ends Sep 9, 2041 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2041
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Sonoco Development, Inc.
Filed Oct 31, 2023 as application 18/498,558 · Granted Aug 12, 2025
Base term plus 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2041
Clock starts
May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
Term ends
Sep 9, 2041
Sep 9, 2041
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
105
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 105 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 27, 2021, when application 17/331,982, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 31, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 27, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +105 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 9, 2041 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 9, 2041 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 11,673,696 | In force Jul 2041 | Jul 2041 |
| US 11,834,218 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 11,827,407 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,049,339 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,179,954 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,384,573 | this patent Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
| US 12,583,639 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
| US 12,774,120 | In force May 2041 | May 2041 |
8 of 9 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 Reel 66917, frame 376 | Price, Trevor | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2024 Reel 66917, frame 397 | Peoples, James J. | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2041
Term ends Sep 9, 2041. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 105 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.